I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.

Life and career
Dost began his musical career as a member of the band Anathallo which was formed in 2000 at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant Michigan with Dost joining in 2003. 's second album Some Nights saw the band score their first #1 hit single "We Are Young" which Dost co-wrote with Ruess Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker. He also created an original score for the beginning of the Carry On music video in 2012.

Andrew Dost (born April 10 1983) is a member of the American band Fun. He plays several instruments for the band.